US physical health on the decline, with implications for employers

Unhealthy workers can lead to greater levels of absenteeism and higher healthcare costs, a Gallup research director said.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 20, 2023

GAO: Federal agencies need to coordinate data on independent contractors, temp workers

Millions of U.S. workers are in nonstandard work arrangements, but data on those workers is scattered and unorganized, GAO said.

By Laurel Kalser • Dec. 20, 2023

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Top trends in compensation

Between employee expectations and legislative mandates, compensation professionals have their work cut out for them.

By HR Dive staff

How retirement anxiety is a DEI issue

Rural workers and women are less likely to feel secure heading into retirement, data suggests.

By Caroline Colvin • Dec. 20, 2023

WTW: ESG to factor strongly in 2024 executive pay plans despite pushback

Environmental, social and governance strategies are “here to stay,” consultants said. But U.S. company boards are also seeking a more tailored approach.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 15, 2023

More than half of US professionals have asked or want to ask a co-worker’s salary

Far fewer workers surveyed said they would be insulted if asked about their salary, a ZipJob survey found.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 15, 2023

Employers could do more to support women’s cardiovascular health, group says

Heart disease is underdiagnosed and undertreated in women, and treatments for it are underused, the Northeast Business Group on Health said.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 14, 2023

US pay raises to dip, but remain high in 2024, WTW says

While employers are still worried about the job market, fewer say they’re struggling with attraction and retention.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 13, 2023

Workers received fewer — and smaller — raises in 2023, report finds

While a little more than half of workers described themselves as happy or content with their salary, most could still be tempted away.

By Emilie Shumway • Dec. 12, 2023

Cigna pulls out of Humana deal: WSJ

Cigna and Humana are abandoning merger discussions less than two weeks after news of the potential deal dropped, following a less-than-positive market reaction.

By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 11, 2023

Navigating your post-pandemic rewards strategy

Explore data-driven strategies for fair, transparent, and effective HR reward decisions aligned with an evolving post-pandemic work model.

By Johnny Martinez, Director People Advisory and Organizational Change, and Lexi Clarke, Chief People Officer Payscale • Dec. 11, 2023

Court approves Cargill’s $2.4M settlement of Kronos outage wage claims

Employees alleged that the Kronos Private Cloud ransomware attack resulted in unpaid wages and overtime, among other damages.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 8, 2023

Most HR pros say RTO is creating a retention problem

The unhappiness wrought by return-to-office policies may be feeding in to a more general cloudiness in employee mood.

By Emilie Shumway • Dec. 8, 2023

Pay transparency laws risk colliding with antitrust concerns

HR leaders are being instructed to tread carefully when talking about wage and salary information among peers, even casually. 

By Ramona Dzinkowski • Dec. 8, 2023

Want employees to use their benefits? Rebrand them, experts say.

“A lot of it is less in the design of the benefits, it’s more in the communication and marketing of them,” WTW’s Casey Hauch told HR Dive.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 7, 2023

How employers tackle the social determinants of work

Companies are seeing workers more holistically and looking for ways to meet them where they are.

By Ginger Christ • Dec. 5, 2023

WTW: Cost of US healthcare benefits expected to rise 8.9% in 2024

The cost increases are primarily due to medical professionals recommending too many services and insured members’ poor health habits, according to a WTW survey of leading insurers.

By Laurel Kalser • Dec. 3, 2023

Why EAPs go unused despite growing mental health awareness

Many factors contribute to the historic underutilization of employee assistance programs, despite their value as an access point to quality care.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 1, 2023

DEI top priority for Coty as it expands global parental leave policy

The cosmetics and fragrance brand also said it had achieved its 2022 pay equity goal and has a gender pay equity gap of less than 2% across all its global management.

By Zoya Mirza • Dec. 1, 2023

BNY Mellon to boost minimum hourly wage to $22.50 in March

The bank is also expanding the mental health resources, to allow for up to 12 no-cost therapy sessions annually, up from five, BNY Mellon said Friday.

By Dan Ennis • Dec. 1, 2023

Adoption benefits on the rise

More than a third of U.S. companies offer paid adoption leave, per a SHRM benefits survey.

By Ginger Christ • Nov. 29, 2023

What drives worker fulfillment? Cash, apparently.

A strained economy has workers going back to the fundamentals.

By Emilie Shumway • Nov. 28, 2023

Average per-worker cost of health benefits rose by 5.2% in 2023: survey

Inflation is a contributor to the increase, but rising prescription drug costs are likely to have a longer-term impact, according to a Mercer report.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 22, 2023

Subaru to raise wages after similar moves by nonunionized automakers

The decision impacts Subaru’s sole U.S. assembly plant in Lafayette, Indiana, which employs over 5,600 workers.

By Eric Walz • Nov. 20, 2023

Walgreens to close some stores for Thanksgiving, joining retail trend

The company’s decision was based in part on employee feedback, an executive said Thursday.

By Ryan Golden • Nov. 17, 2023

7 stories on child care and the workplace

The strain on working parents has received new attention recently.

By Emilie Shumway • Nov. 17, 2023